Well its Vmax time again lets see if we can get an rs there this time.
For those that wanted a Daddy Thrash this is your chance. I wish i could enter thats for sure.
You can line up with the Supercars & battle down the 1.7mile straight head to head. Some you may beat some you sure as hell wont, but it is the ultimate test for your car.
You can enter on Pistonhead or below.

 

When is it rod?

 

Thats revealed to the accepted entrants its to try & stop Joe public turning up.

 

Ah cool.ive sent a message to find out some more info any way

 

Would be nice to see a few fords turn up but I doubt it will happen.

 

Pikes peak RS200 would be an awesome contender. Not that it would happen.

 

Be good to see Gallaghers focus have a go

 

Its for road cars that drive to the event no stickered up Hybrids at this event its more a Toffs dayout not TOTB.
The Vmax record is circa 235mph or 1250bhp in a Cossie if you want to beat it .
There are no Winners or published results on the day its not a competition just a fun day. 32 cars have exceeded 200mph over the years so some really fast cars are entered. Fastest Ford todate is the Roosh Mirage Ford GT40 with 206.0 mph recorded. You could go head to head with that Mirage if its entered. If it is entered I expect it to beat the UK Ford record of 206.1mph.

 

how would this tt get on rod? it's for sale for 45k......

"659BHP - 639FT/LBS .. 1350KG

V-BOX Figures:

0-30mph - 1.1s
0-60mph - 2.8s
0-100mph - 6.1s
30-130mph - 8.7s
62-124mph (100-200kph) - 5.8s
1/4 mile - 10.7 @ 136mph"

http://www.edition38.com/forums/inde...l&fromsearch=1

 

Ah fair dos that's a big must then as there ain't that many that hit that bracket as you've stated, fords should be on top all the time as they were hitting the 200 mark back in the 70s/80s

It's a shame your car isn't ready

 

I've been to vmax a couple of times before. I got 198mph in my mates rs6 v10. That Green svm gtr has got the record at 231

 

To put this into perspective, my friends Mac F1 has to get the run just right to get over 200 mph there and that was with full factory support.

 

wonder wat my bobby dazzler would do on there,

r34 gtr vspec 560bhp.

 

A friend of mine is gathering parts from the US for his Mustang Gt shelby 650 at the moment. He is hoping to achieve around 1000bhp and enter Top speed events.

I have spoke to Rod about this already, The car is a little way off at present but is making progress.

 

Topspeed is about Power not accleration that dies as you hit your Power wall. Would be short of 200mph the least Power ive seen was a Porsche with 650bhp you need over 700bhp in a Cossie thats for sure. Given a long straight many cars would hit 200mph its just difficult at Brunters.
Ive only heard of 4 Fords to reach 200mph there, 2 Cossies & 2 Ford GT's.

Just shy of 190mph is a safe bet.


Not at Brunters they wer'nt be assured. Only Ford road car back then with the Power was the Cobra 7 litre & that had the aero of a London bus.
Doing 200mph in 7 miles at the salt flats wont cut it at Brunters .
As an example the Fastest Sierra is a Merkur which reached 211mph with 600bhp but took over 5 miles at Brunters high 180's at best.

 

Lol fair enough, its a shame no one covers this as it would make a good show

 

Would love to do one of these next time have a car worth taking, I know the new 9e Porsche is about ready which could do well if it makes the 1200/1500bhp target.

 

Looks like it will be ready as they were testing today at brunters and ran 227mph at 85% boost. 100 to 186 mph on 7.6 seconds

 

I understand the reason for no published dates, but is this in the next few weeks? Or even this year?

 

Will be this month for sure.

 

Shows what fast cars are all about & how to pile on speed at the bottom end.
With 840bhp mine recorded 11.6 secs 100 to 186 mph fast for a Cossie but out of its depth against these guys.

 

Thats mega fast isnt it

 

Not as fast as my puma yyyaaarrrrrppppp.

 

MO's rst would eat them all as well Glenn .

 

Few cars from finland. Here we drive standing mile, possibly next summer it´s just 1000meters. I think that would be enough. I drove on my Mk2 escort 248km/h in 950 metres, then head casket blew..More speed next summer!

Fast Toyotas..

and other one

 

Be good if rod could be bothered to ship his sierra over to bonneville salt flats with some funky gearing and see what it could do , wander what speed it could hit

 

I would love to have a go in my saff but I only got around 400bhp and would get eaten alive

 

In the UK we judge our Topspeeds in a 1.7 mile straight its the same for everyone. Not much point running over a 5mile straight even if that was possible to do with a YB at 100% wot . Big bang somewhere along the way is my guess at what would happen .

 

Not so
Other cars would be battling to beat 170mph as well. There are no winners hence no losers at this event. Putting it on the line gains you everyones respect .

 

9e porker looking nippy - was from FB last night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBsr3...ature=youtu.be

 

If I had a Cossie (or any car) with 500bhp+, I'd be at this like a shot. It must be an awesome craic, wouldn't give a monkeys if I got beaten by some playboy in a £100,000 motor surely it's all about the laugh and buzz of lining up against something special and having a pop at it... isn't that why we are all into Cossies "the underdog"?

Ben

 

Love the 'having a pop' bit the Top cars will just be 'gone' to a degree you simply cant understand. A 500bhp Cossie will take around 40secs to max out at 180mph the fastest cars there will reach 180 in around 13secs .

 

Rod,

Once yours is running, how long do you expect it to take to get to 180 mph?

 

Agreed, I did the MLR 30-130 day last year where you can also do a top speed pass.

This picture made us all chuckle

 

Hahaha that's awesome Luca

 

Its been timed at 17.8 secs with 800bhp should be at least a second faster now but 13secs is just on another planet .

 

So how much power and weight would yours need to be to be up there? You'll be looking 1000+. Most these cars are lightweight chassis. So in comparison it's pretty good going at 800hp

 

Not sure what you're saying there Rod, but I think we're saying the same thing ie. it is fun just having a go / pop whatever you want to call it? I have lined up against countless bikes over the years knowing full well I'd lose out but still enjoy having a pop as I call it. They seem to enjoy it as well.

And on another note, with respect, I've ridden in some fairly swift machinery over the years ; )

Ben

 

I did this very thing at Fighting Torque August 2009. I came 3rd out of 40 cars
Porsches, AMG Mercedes, Nissan GTR's, TVR's, Nobles, etc. I was only beaten by a 1000 brake Viper and an MG SV

 

Love it, if my car would do more than 120mph without my arse twitching then I'd give it a go too. I reckon I'd hammer the odd badly driven TVR and Porsche... in fact I reckon most Cossies off here would. Get involved peeps!

Ben